Crochet Pattern: Absolutely Easy Soap Saver

Crochet this soap saver to get the most out of your soap bar! Place small, leftover pieces of soap inside instead of throwing them out, or use the soap saver with an entire bar of soap. The soap saver, helps you grip your soap bar and soap bar pieces, while creating a nice lather against your skin. When you’re done washing up, hang your soap saver to dry instead of leaving your soap in a soggy puddle of water.

Gauge: not that important for this pattern. Follow the instructions in the pattern to adjust the size of your soap saver, as you see fit.

Crochet Pattern: Soap Saver
Start by chaining 8, or a chain as wide as you want your soap saver.
Note: if foundation chain is altered, total stitch count in each round will also be altered.
Round 1: ch 2, hdc in third ch from hook and in each ch across, working on remaining loops on opposite side of chain, hdc in each ch across, sl st in top of beginning ch-2: 16 hdc
Round 2 – 10: ch 2, hdc in each hdc around, sl st in top of beginning ch-2: 16 hdc
Note: to adjust the length of the soap saver, repeat the above round more or less times until the soap saver is as tall as you desire.
Round 11: ch 2, (hdc in next hdc, ch 1, skip 1 hdc) around, sl st in top of beginning ch-2, finish off: 8 hdc

Draw String
Chain 70 or a chain as long as your want your string, then finish off. Weave your string in and out of the chain spaces created in round 11. Knot the ends of the draw strings together forming a loop as shown in the picture.

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Wonderful basic pattern. You can use a little bag like this for any number of things — I made one of these for my mom as a cozy for her smartphone. Even kept the idea to use cotton yarn (some very pretty mint/forest green varigated stuff I had left over from something else) so she can pop it in the laundry every so often and keep it clean.

Thanks for the pattern, Rachel. I actually was making a soap saver without a pattern and wasn’t sure how to finish it so I’m about to go to my crochet group and use your R11 and drawstring directions on my own soap saver. I hope it works!

Ok, I have tried this pattern a few times and I’m having issues with crocheting in the round for some reason. Do I need to skip first stitch after my chain 2? Seems like after I get to row 4 or 5 it’s not straight on the one side. grrr please help me

Hi Jamie, you don’t have to skip a stitch. If you see that the “seam” from the ch 2 is twisting around the bag, it’s because of the pulling motion when you make the stitches. Since each row is made in the same direction, if you pull enough in that direction each time you make a stitch the bag will look like it’s twisting. If you want, you can add a turn after you do the ch 2 in each round or try not to pull as hard when crocheting.

Another yarn option is a rough acrylic,almost like thin macrame cord, and then it can be good for exfoliating while washing. I use it to make wash clothes and dish clothes and it works great. Thanks for the pattern.

This is one of the first patterns I have not had to unravel a bunch before I understood it. I just made it in cotton yarn and took it in the shower with me. It’s great for people like me who shave with soap rather than shaving cream because it makes a nice lather that soap alone doesn’t. I might make a tiny face version too. I never used my face soap bars because of how inconvenient they are compared to facewash, but this changes things.

I’m still learning and the only thing I’ve completed till now are granny squares – but while at home from work on a very wintery, rainy day, feeling sorry for myself because I’ve not been well, I completed one of these – I was ridiculously pleased with myself, so much so I think I’ll make another. Yours is the first site I’ve found that makes crochet really easy. Thanks, Mich.

Louisa, yes you are correct! The total will be 10 chains. The ch 8 is written separately from the ch 2 just in case some one wants to measure and add more chains to the width before beginning the first row.

Thanks so much for this pattern. This was the first thing I’ve ever crocheted and it came out great! I made mine with Hemp so I found that the beginning of each new row didn’t always need 2 chains to made the next row even, I guess because the Hemp was not exactly uniform thickness throughout? Anyway, it works great and saved me like 10 bucks if I had to buy one already made.

I saw a soap sack at a 4th of July festival and figured I might find a pattern on line. Your pattern was so quick and easy. I made one in no time. I also like the instruction for crotcheting in the round. That was a first for me.
Thanks so much!!!

This is just wonderful. I hate, hate, hate soap dishes. They r a pain to clean and all the slime at the bottom…eeeewwww. And I have to use a different soap from my husband because of my sensitive skin. Im making one for me and one for him. Thanks a million!!!!

I LOVE this pattern! Works up super fast and looks so nice! I was so tired of the pile of nearly-done-but-still-too-much-left-to-toss soaps on the shelf in the shower. Problem is now solved! Even hubby is enthusiastic about this. Not only can we get every last bit from our soap, but we get a lovely exfoliate effect with the cotton yarn! Going to make nice gifts, too!

Love the look of this and I’ve tried to start this 3 times. Crocheted the foundation, rhen HDC, turned upside down and HDC and then I’m lost at Sl St in top of beginning. Can you offer any help or suggestions? TIA!

Hi Mary!
You will make a slip stitch into the second chain of the ch 2 that you made at the beginning. The second chain will look like it is sitting on top of the first chain, thus slip stitching into the top of the beginning ch-2. Let me know if you need more help with it!

You think it is possible to make a cozy from twine? I made one from the cotton and really didn’t care for it and I made an acrylic one, which was all right but still not there. I want that scrubby feel…lol

Hello! I haven’t tried twine, Bbut I have used tulle/nylon netting. If you cut it into strips (about 1″ thick) and crochet with it. Here’s some examples of using the nylon netting: http://www.crochetspot.com/store/?pattern=66
You can crochet with it by itself or held together with a strand of yarn. It gives a nice scratchy feel.